The National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain (GBNVPD) acts as the centralised repository for vegetation plot data from Great Britain, the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and ...

Ambitious targets were set by the Environment Act 2021 of halting the decline in species populations by 2030 and to increase populations by at least 10% on 2030 levels by 2042. This made England the ...

This interactive two-day course over four mornings will empower you with critical machine learning knowledge and skills. It will give a strong foundation in two widely used machine learning algorithms ...

‘Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study has shown. The negative impacts of light pollution on ...

Trials carried out by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Black Bull Biochar (BBB) and Scotland's Rural College have shown that adding relatively small amounts of biochar to soil can ...

Nick Everard, a senior hydrometric scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, explains that an innovative project is investigating how very high-resolution videos shot from space could ...

The UK will be increasingly tested by more droughts like 2022, emphasising the importance of being prepared for similar extreme weather in future, say scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology & ...

23.1.23. Protected natural areas of the UK are struggling to halt declines in insects and spiders that have occurred over the past 30 years, according to a new study led by researchers from the UK ...

The third episode of our Counting the Earth podcast is now available. Listen to 'Soil Superheroes: 50 trillion' and delve into the vital statistics of earthworms, as Alice and Sue uncover the unsung ...

Laser scanning shows a total of 390,000 km of hedgerows (1-6 metres tall) exist on field boundaries in England – enough to go round the world almost 10 times. These important habitats support ...

In 1976 (and to a lesser extent 2018), river flows in the autumn increased sharply in response to some very wet weather, as signified by the steepness of the red (1976) and orange (2018) lines in the ...